UPR: India

INDIA’s third review – 27th session – 4 May 2017:

India was reviewed the third time by the UPR Working Group at the 27th UPR session on 4 May 2017. During this review, thirteen recommendations with specific reference to caste and Dalits were made by a cross-regional group of states. Out of these, the Government of India accepted nine caste-specific recommendations.

UN review documents

INDIA’s second review – 13th session – 24 May 2012:

India was reviewed for the second time by the UPR Working Group at the 13th UPR session on 24 May 2012. During this review, ten recommendations with specific reference to caste and Dalits were made by a cross-regional group of states. Out of these, the Government of India only accepted two caste-specific recommendations.

UN review documents

INDIA’s first review – 1st session – 10 April 2008:

On 10 April 2008, the Government of India was reviewed by the Human Rights Council. During the interactive dialogue more than ten states expressed specific concern over the situation of Dalits in India, and asked specifically about the state’s compliance with the concluding observations of CERD to India in 2007.

The National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR), the International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) and the International Movement against All Forms of Racism and Discrimination (IMADR) appealed to the Indian Government to move away from a state of denial of the scale and seriousness of caste-based discrimination. Instead they should seek constructive solutions with the assistance of the international community.